7 OHOHO STATE See Editorial Page . E 1V4W 1tI I ANYBODY'S GUESS See Today for details Vol. LXXXVIII, No. 62 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Friday, November 18, 1977 Ten Cents 12 Pages Sadat 's Israel visit slated for Saturday despite Arab outcry Daily Poto by JOHN KNOX TOURING STUDJENT housing yesterday, some University VIPs give sophomore Fred Danaher's South Quad room the once over. From left to right are Vice President for Student Relations Richard Kennedy, Regent Sarah Powers, Vice President for Student Services Henry Johnson and Regent Thomas Roach. HEAR STUDENT COMPLAINTS: Regents tour 'U' By BRIAN BLANCHARD The heat in Walter Griggs' $180/month 1 apartment only works on hot days, but the graduate art student had a1 chance to blow off some steam yes- terday morning when the Regents droooed in. Griggs' Division Street dwelling was part of a student housing tour that in- cluded two other apartments and two dorms. Back in the Administration Building for a more typical afternoon -ession, the Regents heard the pros and ) ans of plans for a new highway through Huron Valley to improve ac- cesg to the University Hospital. PETE SHOCK, director of off- campus housing, and Robert Hughes,; housing director, led the way to Griggs' efficiency apartment, where the Regents' learned the heat is "uncon- trollable." Also, Griggs told the eight elected officials, the oven doesn't work. Leaving Griggs to fret over his broken oven, the Regents trooped down Division Street to inspect the predicaments of other students. "Isn't there some regulation on bedrooms?" asked Regent Sarah Power (D-Ann Arbor) as she peered in- to a cramped room that Shoch said violates building code because of a slanting wall. AS THE BEACH Boys played in the background, one of the five residents told the Regents that the landlord is "a promising person." The residents asked to remain uideiifified because' they are involved in a University mediation with the landlord that may go to court. The five undergraduates pay $560 a month, but they have been waiting three months for locks for the windows and repair on the shower. "He promises housing he'll do it soon and he'll give us a day, but he won't show up," said one resident. At the last of the apartments Sonia Guillen, a graduate student from Peru, told the Regents that the bathroom isn't heated, that the people on tile floor above are noisy, and that she has seen cockroaches in the apartment. "What do you think is available for people like us?" she asked. "NOT MUCH," answered Vice- President for Student Services Henry Johnson. He went on to suggest that she go to the off-campus housing office. The Regents continued their walking tour at South Quad and Markley. Beth Handel is living in a double room with two other people. "You get claustroph- bia," she said of the converted double. Later in the afternoon assistant University planner Ken Korman See REGENTS, Page 9 By The Associated Press Egyptian President Anwar Sadat has set his historic visit to Israel for this weekend despite growing alarm among fellow-Arabs, dramatized yesterday by the resignation in quick succession of two Egyptian foreign ministers. Israeli Prime Minister Menahem Begin said Sadat's 36-hour visit would begin Saturday night, after the Jewish Sabbath. On Sunday, Sadat is to wor- ship at a Moslem mosque, meet pri- vately with Begin and then address the Knesset, the Israeli parliament. SADAT HAS pledged not to negotiate a separate peace, and in his address to the Knesset he is expected to list the standard Arab demands for a Palestin- ian homeland and Israeli withdrawal from lands occupied in 1967 - demands Israel rejects. But if the visit comes about, Sadat will be the first Arab leader ever to visit the Jewish state, a breakthrough that could open a new chapter in the search for a Middle East peace after four wars. Observers said the boldness of the mission, which Sadat described as a "sacred duty," reflected how badly he wanted peace so he could shift his atten- tion to Egypt's acute economic prob- lems. FOR THE Israelis, the visit falls just short of answering their 30-year quest for Arab recognition. "But the psychological impact of this on the Arab world ... ," said an Israeli Foreign .Ministry official, pausing. to search for words, ". . . the psychologi- cal impact will be immense." The announcement of Sadat's visit followed several days of public ex- changes by the Egyptian and Israeli leaders. But the timing came as a sur- prise to U.S. and other diplomats, who had not expected it until later next week. BEGIN SAID the day was set last Wednesday, and the final agreement came in an exchange of letters through the U.S. ambassadors to Egypt and Israel. The announcement in Jerusa- lem came amid these fast-paced de- velopments. Sadat accepted the invitation after flying to Damascus in a futile bid to win Syrian President Hafez Assad's support for the trip. After seven hours of talks, Assad said his failure to dissuade Sadat was "really painful." Profs., predict 'stalled' U.S. economy in '78 e Shortly after the Syrian and Egyp- tian leaders announced their disagree- ment two bombs exploded outside the Egyptian embassy in Damascus. There was no immediate report on casualties, and the Syrian government quickly con- demned the bombing. " As soon as Sadat returned to Egypt, the official Middle East News Agency announced that Ismail Fahmy, his foreign minister and top foreign policy aide since the October 1973 war, had re- signed. Sadat named Fahmy's deputy, Mohammed Riad, in his stead, but sev- eral hours later the agency said he too See SADAT, Page 12 MSA election vote announced; Arnson wins, amendments pass , t MARK PARRENI T system. By SUE WARNER A "stalled" national economy is on the horizon for 1978, according to Uni- versity economists. Economics Profs. Saul Hymans and Harold Shapiro, who presented their annual national economic forecast yes- terday at the first day of the Univer- sity's Conference on the Economic Out- look, said sluggish economic growth, continued high unemployment, a six per cent rate of price inflation will con- tribute to the predicted lag. THE-FORECAST, prepared by the University's Research Seminar on Quantatative Economics (RSQE) which Hymans and Shapiro co-direct, is based on a number of variables, both economic and political. In the past, the widely respected RSQE forecast has been relatively accurate. Among this year's assumptions is the passage of an energy bill allowing the price of domestic crude oil to reach the world market level by 1980. Its also allows for windfall profits to industry and rebates to consumers. According to Hymans, the effects of these factors would not be very noticeable in 1978, but my mid-1979, they would play an im- portant role in the economy. In their forecast, Hymans and Shapiro say the energy bill would affect the 1978 inflation rate by a "modest" one-tenth of one percentage point. How- ever, by mid-1979 the economists say the bill will contribute one half of one percentage point to the national infla- tion rate. HYMANS SAID the expected infla- tion rate for 1979 would drop to 5.75 per cent in the absence of the energy bill. Despite slow congressional action on President Carter's energy package, Hymans said, "Clearly, it will go through," and was confident his model's energy bill assumption was correct. Shapiro, who was appointed Uni- versity vice president for academic af- fairs this'summer, addressed the con- ference and said other factors affecting the 1978 predictions were a trend to- ward an expansive monetary policy by ny 1ii rsnl Eight newcomers and two incumbents have been elected to seats on the Michigan Student Assembly (MSA), according to unofficial results released last night. Bursley Resident Advisor Eric Ar- nson, a Literary College (LSA) senior, was overwhelmingly elected with 320 votes, more than three times that of his nearest competitor, in one of the most apathetic elections ever. Less than 2,000 students turned out this fall. AMONG THOSE elected were in- cumbents Irving Freeman of the Bullshit Party and Nancy Smith, who previously represented the College of Engineering as an appointed member and elected on the Make Our Votes Ef- fective (MOVE) party platform. Also elected were Steven Smith and Cathy Pattinson of MOVE, Doug Stein- berg of Campus Coalition, Tom Danko of JOB party and independents Ross Crow;, Jay Barrymore and Jeff Coleman. All of the newly elected members ex- cept Danko will receive one year terms. Danko was elected to a half-year term due to MSA's preferential voting AN AMENDMENT to the All-Campus Constitution which will change the in- ternal structure of the Assembly also passed by 68 per'cent. The amendment calls for direct election of all MSA .members from individual schools and colleges rather replacing the current system which elects 18 of the 35 representatives from the campus at large. The remainder are appointed from school and college governments. This amendment takes effect with the next election. Challenges to this amendment are expected, however. Another amendment, which calls for removal of members from their seats following eight absences at roll call, passed by an overwhelming 89 per cent. This takes effect after certification of the election. UNDER THE preferential voting system, voters cast ballots indicating the order of their preference. When votes are tallied, candidates receiving a majority of the first place votes are declared winners. If seats are still vacant, the candidate with the lowest number of first place votes is eliminated, and his votes are redistributed among candidates listed as second choice on his ballot. This is repeated until all seats are filled. The withdrawal of JOB party mem- ber John Gibson during the vote tally prompted the shifting of many of his votes to Danko, another member of JOB. "He wouldn't have won if I hadn't done it," Gibson said last night. GIBSON ALSO said he is virtually assured an extension of his current MSA seat as a School of Library Scien- ce representative. He added that he ran for an at large seat in order to assure himself of a seat on the Assembly in case his reorganization amendment, which passed with 68 per cent of the vote, failed. Elections Director Monte Fowler said the tallying process went very smoothly, unlike last fall's election when several ballots were miscounted necessitating a recount of the entire election. This prompted several changes in results. The results of this election will not be official until after certification by the Central Judiciary Committee, ten- tatively scheduled for Monday. Shapiro mid-1978 and no significant changes in the federal tax policy. ALTHOUGH the energy bill assumed in the model would result in an increase in inflation and a decrease in the real gross national product (GNP), Hymans and Shapiro said the program is "long overdue" and "there is little question that basic energy resources ought to be priced to reflect their scarcity in re- placement." The forecasters also urged stepped- up government action to accelerate economic recovery. See PROFS., Page 9 AA TA blocks path, for downtown trolley By DENNIS SABO The city's proposed downtown trolley plan suffered yet another derailment Wednesday night when the Ann Arbor Transit Authority (AATA) Board defeated a resolution to complete a $10,000 feasibility study on the system. Although the board was split on the decision, 3-3, the resolution still failed because it needed majority approval. Trolley support groups, however, vow to get the study and the trolley back on the track. Killers dart tofr. deadl insh By MITCH CANTOR Armed with dart guns and the * n:. .. w instinct for survival, desperate East Qudrsdnsaesekn around corners, hoping to murder {~ their assigned targets before they themselves become victims of an assassin's rubber dart. In the second annual Killer Con- test, which began at 6 a.m. Mon- day morning with 74 eager par-, ticipants, only 25 survivors - as of last night - are left. For them, it is no longer just a game. - ,